In the past three weeks I have been mainly up to my ankles in compost, digging it over and loading up wheel barrows full and transporting all round the four main gardens I work on. It's been a delight really, especially this week when it's actually been cold enough to be winter. However, I did give up on Monday afternoon, digging a vegetable plot in a blizzard (sort of), but back there tomorrow to finish it off.
Did I ever mention I like compost? Especially when I have made it - not literally of course, but from rotting leaves, grass cuttings and the like...
It's been sooooo cold recently, but I have been able to keep up the work on the four major gardens in Berkhamsted (Pat's place), Quainton (Rebecca), Dancer's End Tring and Julie's at Buckland. And, just as a reminder, if only for myself, this is what they look like in nice weather!
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| Pat's place last Spring - remember Spring? Apparently it was 20 degrees warmer at this time last year |
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| The kitchen view at Quainton. It looks very different this year, I've managed to move even more plants into this bed and got rid of the arch, it was intrusive and fell apart when I attempted to take it down! I have moved 17 rose bushes from the driveway too - as soon as the weather gets more conducive to nice photography I am going to take new shots of the garden prior to a major re-vamp, ie getting the lawns back from the builders! |
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| Dancer's End House in Tring. This garden keeps me very trim (ish...) it's all hills and dales and enormous. Been tidying all the beds recently after weeks of sorting out the compost and chopping and trimming and pruning. Burnt a lot of stuff |
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| ...same at Buckland. Tidy, tidy, tidy... Dug over the rockery around the pond in a vain attempt at getting rid of the mare's tail. Watch this space! |
Anyway, I aim to get back into regular blogging again. I think the weather has got to me in such a way as to freeze not only my fingers but also my brain.
Keep warm... Peace and love, Simon x
